1/
Should the proposal to transfer Civil Service Retirement System accrual costs
and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program costs from the Office of Personnel
Management agencies be enacted and begin in FY 2003, the level of funding for
the GA Health Insurance Portability Act should be reviewed and adjusted accordingly.

2/
Increase in reimbursable FTE is to allow the Facilities and Administrative Services
Staff to assist INS in implementing a comprehensive Enrty/Exit System at all of
the Land Ports of Entry to the United States.

Program
Improvements/Offsets

Perm
Pos

FTE

Amount

Department
Leadership

Scholarship
Program

...

...

-107

Within
the Office of the Attorney General, a $107,000 decrease to current service funding
as part of a Department-wide effort

to
offset, to the extent possible, requested program improvements. The program that
annually funded 2 scholarships for DOJ

employees
will be discontinued.

Counterterrorism
Program

7

7

$4,000

The
assaults on America that occurred on September 11, and the supreme imperative
to prevent further terrorist attacks, mandate a more coordinated effort to combat
terrorism. Consistent with that priority, Section 612 directs the President to
submit as part of the FY 2003 budget "a proposal to restructure the Department
of Justice to include a coordinator of . . . activities relating to combating
domestic terrorism."

The
budget includes the President's proposal in response to Section 612. Under the
proposal, the Attorney General will establish the National Security Coordination
Council (NSCC) of the Department of Justice, which will be chaired by the Deputy
Attorney General. The NSCC will coordinate all functions of the Department of
Justice relating to national security, particularly the Department's efforts to
combat terrorism directed against the United States. In addition to the Deputy
Attorney General, the NSCC's members will include the Chief of Staff to the Attorney
General, the Director of the FBI, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of
the Criminal Division, the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Justice Programs,
and the head of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review.

Under the Deputy Attorney General's leadership, the NSCC will be responsible for:
(1) centralizing and coordinating policy, resource allocation, operations, and
long-term planning regarding counterterrorism, counterespionage, and other major
national security issues; (2) monitoring the implementation of policy to ensure
that components are taking all necessary and appropriate actions to prevent and
disrupt the occurrence of terrorist attacks; (3) promoting coordination and information-sharing
within the Department, between DOJ and other federal agencies and interagency
bodies, and between DOJ and state and local law enforcement authorities, to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to terrorist attacks; (4) ensuring that positions advanced
by the Deputy Attorney General on behalf of DOJ at interagency meetings of the
National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and other interagency
forums reflect input from DOJ national security components.

The NSCC will receive staff support from attorneys in the Office of the Deputy
Attorney General with expertise in national security matters, and from ODAG administrative
personnel. The functions and personnel of the Executive Office of National Security
will henceforth be incorporated into the NSCC's operations. The budget requests
an increase of 7 positions and $1,000,000 to support the NSCC.

Additionally, the request provides $3,000,000 for chemical plant vulnerability
assessments. Public Law 106-40, the Chemical Site Security and Fuels Regulatory
Act, requires, among other things, that the Attorney General assess whether the
design and maintenance of chemical facilities throughout the United States are
effective in detecting, preventing, and minimizing the consequences of releases
of regulated chemical substances that may be caused by criminal and terrorist
activity. To address this requirement, the Department, in consultation with appropriate
state, local and Federal Government agencies, as well as private industry, will
review: (1) the vulnerability of a representative sample of the relevant facilities
to criminal and terrorist activities; (2) current industry practices regarding
site security; and (3) the security of transportation of regulated substances.

Program
Improvements/Offsets

Perm
Pos

FTE

Amount

Intelligence
Policy and Professional Responsibility

Office
of Intelligence Policy and Review.

10

10

$2,000

The
Office of Intelligence Policy and Review request includes 10 positions and $2,000,000
to allow OIPR to handle the anticipated increase in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act (FISA) requests. Counterterrorism related casework generated from an increase
in law enforcement personnel is anticipated to have a downstream effect on OIPR
through increased requests for FISA surveillance and searches, and possible requests
for OIPR to review legislation and coordinate working groups.

Justice
Management Division

Consolidated
Financial Management System

...

...

10,000

$10,000,000
is requested to begin transitioning to a new departmental financial management
system. The implementation of a uniform financial system is a top priority of
the Attorney General and is necessary to improve the Department's financial performance.
The funding is needed for the project plans to acquire a new core financial management
system, and to initiate an orderly migration from the various component legacy
systems.

Division
Reductions.

-1

-1

-953

The
Justice Management Division (JMD) request includes a reduction to base resources
of 1 position, 1 FTE and $953,000 as part of a Department-wide effort to offset,
to the extent possible, requested program increases. Through increased efficiencies,
JMD plans to achieve savings in areas related to building maintenance, travel
and training, printing materials, and maintenance of various systems.